Legal Opinion
Alliance Against IFQs v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1996No. 95-35077PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
The only issue in this case is whether regulations for implementing a fishery management plan in and near Alaska waters was arbitrary and capricious, or violative of the authorizing statute. We conclude that the regulations were a permissible exercise of authority by the Secretary of Commerce.
I. FACTS AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Commercial ocean fishing combines difficult and risky labor with large capital investments to make money from a resource owned by no one, the fish. Unlimited access tends to cause declining fisheries. The reason is that to get title to a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Audrey M. Thompson, Florence Ain & Gregory Ain, Dorothy E. Kahan & Robert Kahan, Nana Berman & William Berman v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Alaska Factory Trawler Ass'n v. BaldridgeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Tempest Fisheries v. LockeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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